Samuel w



. PATENTED MAY 7,1867; s. W JAMISON. BOOT ORIMPING MACHINE.

UE A M I so N, 0 r N E w Y o 3 K"; 1 I i v Letters No. (i4,-5hS,- ddted 31a 7,1867. i v

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are when H .MAY CONCERNL r i v l'iiown that I, SAMUEL W. JAMLSON, of New York, in the county and Stete of-New-York, havcinre'nte'd (lra wings', in which-'- u Y 4 p I Figure 1 represents :ifroutelera-tion of lnyiihproverl mnehihe;

Figure 2 iso transverse rertical section; and I a horizontal section on the line A B, 1. p

at of my invention is to economize the ti-ine and labor usuziilf expended 'in crimping -01 shaping mg hoot-frQnIs, and to produce-m1 apparatus which shall supers de the-ordinary means employed in labor, bu't the'work itself is not done with that regularity and uniformity which can only he attain ellby the :inm- Under my intention the leather,,a;fter being placed on the tree or form, is erimped by erallel. plates, which are opera-tedhy gear, "sons to pass up and down'on each'side of the tree, being *ly n ainst'it by \reights,'whic1i cause the crimpers'or plates to completely smooth out the wrinkles Y which gather on thc'lentheriduriug the process. My; invention, therefore, may be said to principally consist in the comhinntion'wit-h a stationary tree or form of movable cud adjustable crimping-plates mori'ng' up and down in the machine on each side of the tree, and arrnnge'cl so es to conform to the varying shape of the tree, and to subject tlie leather on the'tr'ce to any degrceof pressure that mayhe'desired. My invention further consists in the constriiction-of the 'crinipingpla'tes, and in the method of joining or hinging, them to the sliding-frame or brackets by which they zirc-i'supported; audit alsoconsists in the means by which the'p'lates are at alltimes, during their. upward and downward moveineut,'.actcd on by weights, which produce the pressure'by which the lezither on the tree'is'cnused tolle str etched and'shape d. i v v I V v To nchle those skilled inthc art to fully'hnd'erstand and use my invention, Iu'ili now proceed to describe themanner in which the seine-is or maybe carried into efl'ect, by reference to the accompanying drawings. v

The working ports oi' theappnratus are supported .hy-the frame 4, the upright sides of which form the' ways inphich the cross-head from'which the crimpers aresu'spended, movesrc From the centre port of the cross-head a rack, 17,. extends, which slides in a recess formed in the top part of'the frzime4, and engages with a pinion supported in thc upper'cross-piece of the frame a'nd actuated by'gear 18, 19, 20, so as toceuse the cross-piece 5 to be raised or lowere d On each side of the raclgrods are pivoted to the cr0ss-hen'd, their'lot r'er' ends being pivoted orhinged to bracket-shaped, pieces, 7, which support the crimping-plates or burnishers 8.-

Each crimping-plate 8 is divided verticallyl into two-sections, which are formed so that'when pieced together the contour of-the lower end of the-plate shall conformto thechrvelor-hend of the tree 9. The object of thus .con-

structing the plates is toall'ow them to freely adjustthemselves to the varying 'dim'ensions of the tree, which they could not well do were they made each of a; single piece; and for this' same reason, inste'edofheing directlypivoted to the sliding brackets, they are connected therewith hy'meaus oiou intermediate yoke or forked piece,

A, which ispivoted'to 'thebrackets at 10', and at 11 to each one of thesections of the plates upon the respective sides of the machine, in such mzumerthot the axis of motion at the joints 11 shall be 'tralnsvers'eto that at th pivoted points 10. It will thus be seen that the crimping plates are so oonstructed, and combined with the cross-head by a series of jointed or hinged connections, as to be perfectly free to move in any direction require; g n-order toponform to'the shop'epf the tree, and thus'k-e'ep in complete contact'with the leather. Brock 7 do not, lilid the cross-head 5, slide in the sides of the-freme'of theepparatus, but they iire nuan ed-so as s m n-o on sew-adjusting ways "13, Thesesclf-niljnstin ways are composed of uprights pivoted zit theirlo ends, 1- to each side oi the frame of the machine, and connected together at their, upper ends by means, rods 9.4. One and of each of these rods is attached directly to one of the uprights 13, end the other e'nd'exwigis diagonally across to the opposite upright, where it is attached-to ojneiextremity of a lever, 15, pivoted the upright. 1h other end of the lever has attached to iiifii'IO'Cl .or choin which' hangsdown between thcfiiks ind useful improvements in Me chines for Crimping Leather-for Boots; and I hereby declare the he'a full,-elea1',anr.l,enact description of t he Esme-reference being had to thenccoiupanying.

being simple. in construction and inexpensive, so as to be wiohin the reach of -all classes of shoe-' makers or manufacturers. A machine oi" this kind has longhcen desired and needed bythe trade, for the method, of crimping boots by hand, which is'the one usually employed, not only resu'lts'in considerable loss'of time and 

